That’s because the spacecraft that ultimately crashes on earth is a virtual carbon copy of the Nostromo, the ship flown by Ridley (Sigourney Weaver) and her crew in the 1979 film from Ridley Scott.

This means Sigourney Weaver is back reprising her role as Ellen Ripley for the first time in 17 years. She’ll be joined by Tom Skerritt (Dallas), Veronic Cartwright (Lambert), Harry Dean Stanton ...

Ridley Scott actually shot a roughly two-minute scene for Alien (later incorporated into the Director's Cut in truncated form) in which, during the climax aboard the Nostromo, Ripley discovers a dead ...